Score activated cornhole light insert

Abstract

The score activated cornhole light insert is a lighting accessory that can be built into an originally manufactured cornhole board, or retrofitted into existing cornhole boards. The scoring hole with the insert in place will maintain the regulation six-inch inner diameter. The insert has adjustable mounting brackets to position the top of the insert flush with the cornhole board to prevent interference with game play or cornhole rule and regulations. The insert detects when a media filled bag has passed through the scoring hole, triggering a distinctive light pattern. In addition, the insert will indicate the battery level with a series of different blinking speeds during the first few moments of operation. The insert is watertight and designed to prevent false positives when a media filled bag lies partly on the cornhole board and partly over the scoring hole by lowering an infrared break beam below the board top surface.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for retrofitting a cornhole game board, the method comprising the steps of:
 (a) enlarging an existing score hole in the cornhole game board;   (b) affixing a plurality of mounting brackets to the underside of the cornhole game board;   (c) positioning a score activated cornhole light insert in the enlarged score hole and adjacent to the plurality of mounting brackets so that the top of the score activated cornhole light insert is flush with the top of the cornhole game board and thereby positioning an infrared break beam of the score activated cornhole light insert between about one and one-half inches to two and one-half inches below the top of the cornhole game board; and   (d) securing the score activated cornhole light insert to the plurality of mounting brackets with a plurality of screws wherein each screw passes through a height adjustment slot in each mounting bracket and into a watertight threaded insert in the score activated cornhole light insert.   
     
     
         2 . The method for retrofitting a cornhole game board according to  claim 1  wherein step (a) further comprises the step of:
 enlarging the existing score hole in the cornhole game board from six inches in diameter to eight inches in diameter. 
 
     
     
         3 . The method for retrofitting a cornhole game board according to  claim 1  wherein step (b) further comprises the step of:
 spacing the plurality of mounting brackets evenly around the score hole with the height adjustment slot of each mounting bracket standing perpendicular to the cornhole game board and aligned with the watertight threaded insert in the score activated cornhole light insert.